Austin Fernando

Kalupage Austin Fernando is a Sri Lankan civil servant and the current Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India. He had previously served as Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka, Defence Secretary, and Governor of the Eastern Province.

Early life and education Fernando was educated at Richmond College, Galle. After school, he joined the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya where he graduated with a B.A. degree. He later received an M.B.A. degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He was Government Agent for Polonnaruwa District and Nuwara Eliya District. He was thereafter appointed Governor of the Eastern Province on 27 January 2015. He resigned in order to become Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka on 1 July 2017 which he held till 5 July 2018. Fernando was appointed to the Constitutional Council in 2026.

Writings Fernando is the author of My Belly is White: Reminiscences of a Peacetime Secretary of Defence.